Sounds like you had great views of the comet, Petra .
Hey Kev .... is that a Starry Night Map? Looks like it, but the comet is not showing on mine at all yet, even when I put the date forward to 24/2, and its up to date???
There is a fair bit of interest in Comet Lulin from the media here in Brisbane. Brisbane Extra came into Sirius Optics last week to do a story on the shop and they wanted to know more about the comet. Think I made a boo boo on the distance the comet will be from Earth on 24th. I think I said 600,000km instead of 60 million, may have been distracted by the journalist, she was very lovely indeed. Anyways the story airs tomorrow on Extra in Brisbane at 5.30pm with a showcase of the shop.
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Sounds like you had great views of the comet, Petra .
Hey Kev .... is that a Starry Night Map? Looks like it, but the comet is not showing on mine at all yet, even when I put the date forward to 24/2, and its up to date???
Hi Liz yes its a starry night screenshot on yours i,m thinking if you have the comets with a tick in the options box.
Its only a thought cheers Kev.
It is a very clear naked eye object here in Cootamundra, through the scope you can actually see the movement over time, very obvious when you try to photograph it, there is significant movement in the course of 2 x 80 second shots with a 5 second delay.
Its still great i,m showing my gang of roadworkers lulin at evening in the camp thru the nokkies and they also look at it at 5 in the morn.
Cheers Kev.
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